1 Samuel 15:34

And Samuel departed to Ramatha: but Saul went up to his house in Gabaa.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

In Context

33And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed him in pieces before the Lord in Galgal.

35And Samuel saw Saul no more till the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord repented that he had made him king over Israel.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:19And they rose in the morning, and worshipped before the Lord: and they returned, and came into their house at Ramatha. And Elcana knew Anna his wife: and the Lord remembered her.

1 Samuel 10:26Saul also departed to his own house in Gabaa: and there went with him a part of the army, whose hearts God had touched.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:33-35

Agag Slain. ( b. c. 1065.) 32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless… Read the whole commentary →

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